picks Model makers Kayte Sabicer and Adam Savage build a jaw-dropping replica of the Blade Runner blimp Gareth Branwyn

This magnetic media enthusiast built an 8-track tape "walkman" David Pescovitz

Gadgets If you’ve had dreams of crafting your own video game, this training can make that dream a reality Boing Boing's Shop

Technology Senate GOP introduce bill to end 'warrant-proof' encryption, end-to-end encryption on WhatsApp is targeted Xeni Jardin

politics VOA to be run by Steve Bannon, Sebastian Gorka, and Trump CEO pick Michael Pack, so two top VOA directors just quit Xeni Jardin

Gadgets $350 USB stick claiming to block 5G is just a cheap thumbdrive Rob Beschizza

china Beijing to base China security agencies in Hong Kong Xeni Jardin

politics U.S. Supreme Court blocks release of Mueller Russia grand jury material Xeni Jardin

social isolation Nebula-75, a new puppet lockdown drama from the folks that brought us Thunderbirds, Stingray, Fireball-XL5 Gareth Branwyn

trump Trump suggests ingesting disinfectant to cure coronavirus (Don't, it'll kill you) Rob Beschizza

politics Trump calls Voice of America's work “disgusting”, threatens to adjourn Congress so he can put a crony in charge of VOA Xeni Jardin

toys The wonderful history of Troll Dolls David Pescovitz

Gadgets Your barista may be at home, but that doesn’t mean your coffee game should suffer Boing Boing's Shop

drugs Throw away any Zantac you have around David Pescovitz

politics 'Resign!' 2 GOP senators should lose jobs for coronavirus stock jump, say critics Xeni Jardin

eff ICANN needs to ask more questions about the sale of .ORG Mitch Stoltz

corruption Doctors who take pharma industry freebies prescribe more of their benefactors' drugs Cory Doctorow

Copyfight Americans should definitely be worried about the EU's new copyright rules Cory Doctorow

Japan Look at this complicated robot designed to discourage use of e-signatures John Struan

web theory Kentucky's governor insisted that investment bankers could provide broadband. He was wrong. Cory Doctorow